South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-06-10

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Grafton Standard: Tue fruit crop
10 this section viii not be very good
bat the harvest Of grain will be album
dant.
Parkessburg State Journal: Ezra
Boswo rtb. Of tbis city. while over
heated yes: erday. took drink OF ice
water, and fell dead in few minutes.
Hartinsburh Statesman: Our PEG
pie are making arrangements to have
On unusually grand celebration OF
the Fourth of July.
Morgantown New Dominion: On
Friday last James B. Bowlby. a veil
known young citizen Of Cass district,
committed suicide by taking rat poi
son.
Cumberland News 9th inst: The
engineers surveying the line of the
proposed railroad from here to Moore
6sld have reached Frankfort. thirteen
miiss from this city.
ShepLerdstown Register: Mr.. Chas.
Myers. telegraph operator At the
bridge. was knocked sensele.s on
Thursday by Lightning which follow
ed the wires into h:s Office. He soon
recovered.
Cumberland News. 4th instant :
The guard a. Cookerly's has been re-
duced to four men. The body OF
an infant. badly decomposed, was
found in the old Mertens boat yard
yesterday.
Keyser Echo: Hon. S. b. Elkins
accompanied by ex-senator and Col
T. b. Davis, took o trip last week
into the Cheat River region, making
Beverly. Randolph county their Oh
jactive point with view to the extern
sion Of the w. Va. e. & p. railroad
II will be Of great advantage to tie
country,
Charleston Star: The Governor
cert ficate Of the election of G. j
Faulkner by the called session OF th,
Legislature was entered In the ex. c.
utive journal at tho Office of the Sec
rotary OF State this week. It compri
ses many pages and is cert,flca, iol
OF the facts in connection with his e,
lection, being a copy of the journa
of the Senate and House and The pro
ceedings OF the joint Assembly, Ger.
tilted TO as the facls in the case
The Governor docs not believe that q
election at the called session is les nj
hence the multiplicity OF tie Ger. ifl
cate.
Kingwood Journal: A prieone
named Hoff made an unique escap
from the Jail in this place Tuesda,
evening. He was missed Wednes
day morning. and an Investigate 10,
revealed the fact that during Tues
day Hofr had made dummy" an.
placed it in a luna.ic's cell, and tn,
lunatic had been plac, d in Hof'
cell. and while Sheriff Shaw wa
walking around the cells lockin,
them, Hoff had bis boots off an,
walked out.
| Martinsburg Independent: Mr.. .
W. Criswell, of Baltimore. has pur
chased of Mr.. Joseph CrisweII, re-
siding in Falling Waters district
the fne farm known "a r.Townson. >
The farm contains l63 ceres an,
brought $40 per acre or S6.52O.
is located on the banks of the Po,o
mac river, and is considered one q
the best farms in Berkeley county
Friend Criswell is determed to Rec,
up bis interest in ''Old Berkeley.
....Mr. james NJ. Van meter is Oh,
of tho largest and most successful o
sheep raisers. AMI it. was his enter
prise to give a public exhibition o
sheep shearin2 ia the public square
The Weld was above the average
The fleece OF one fine buck weighed
% lbs, and another FL lbs. and the
ewes ran from IL TO l5pounds. Mr.
Vanmeter wintered over 1000 heaC
OF sheep. and lost but very few by
sickness, the largest casualty being
by dogs.
MooreGeld Examiner: Last Mon.
day. while playing base ball, Mr.. H
w. Campbell was struck in the month
with the ball and one OF his from,
teeth was broken off ard his lip cut.
We hear that some cattle killing
is going on In Grant county. DR.
Grove has had three or four shot and
left lying dead in his pasture field 10
tie Rohrbaugh settlement.
Mort. Ford was tried and found
guilty on one Indictment for stealing
stock and plead guilty on the other
First OF this week a mnn from the
marble works OF John S. Haines. a,
keyser. Was here and engraved the
names OF several persons who died
since the war and were omitted, on
the soldiers monument. Those ad.
ded are Col. Abe Spengler, the las,
commander of the Stonewa II Brigade,
Isaac ID. OrDdorfr, of Hardy Blues
who died in the hospital at Staunion
and G. l.. Frederick, of McNeilrs
Rangers. The Memorial Association
has bought 80 tombstones ut cost OF
over $500, for the graves of tina sol.
diers buried here, which will srrive
and be put up this week.
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More than usual interest was taken
in the Decor. ton ceremonies on Mon